Wheel-guard.



' No. 885,030. PATENTED APR. 21, 1908.

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avwewtoz WiiLLIAMREEs EVANS, OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.

'WI-IEEL-GUARD.

Application filed February 25, 1908. Serial No. 417,735.

To all whom it may concern: 4 Be-it known that 1, WILLIAM R. EVANS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Youngstown, in the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Wheel-Guard, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to wheel guards, and more particularly to those adapted for use with railway cars and engine wheels. In

most devices of this kind heretofore in use,-

- the parts have been heavy and clumsy, and

.ple structure that it w' in a dition to adding extra weight, were at the same time expensive to manufacture. The present invention aims to remedy this defect by reducing the number of parts and rendering the device applicable to any truck, and at the same time to roduce such a simbe comparatively inex ensive to manufacture.

W i th these and other objects in view, as will more fully hereinafter appear, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of arts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated accompanying drawings, and particularly pointe out in the appended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportions, size and minor details of the structure may be made without departing from the s vanta es 0 the invention.

In t e accompanying drawings :Figure l is a side view, showing the device mounted on the trucks of a street railway car, steam engine, or railway passenger car. Fig. 2 is an end view taken on the line 22 Fi 3 is a perspective view of the device.

imilar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding throughout the several figures of the rawings.

A fender or guard 1 of approximately triangular form is'designed to be arran ed in advance of the wheels and su porte at a slight distance above the rails 3 y the brackets 4, each bracket being preferably formed of a single piece of steel of a length sufiicient to permit its being bent so as to form a front wal 5 the approximate height of the truck, and the arms 6 extendingat right angles to the wall 5 and adapted to be secured by bolts 7 onthe top and bottom sides of the truck 8 on the outer face of each wheel and to project a slight distance in advance of each "Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented April 21, 1908.

wheel, so as to support the guard 1 as shown in Fig. 1. The outer face '9 of each guard sufficient 'to exceed the thickness of .the wheel and is designed to lie adjacent the track but at a distance to clear the same, thereby positively preventing an object on the track from getting between the track and wheel. The advantage of constructing the outer face of the guard on an incline will be readily seen when the device is applied to freight cars and the like which are more or less drilled in the yards, and where it frequently happens that those conducting such drill movements lose either life or limb. With the use of the present device all such accidents will be avoided, since the outer face 9 coming in contact with the leg track and swerve it aside.

The inner face 10 is curved to conform to the configuration of the wheel and designed to be held out of contact with the same, its lower end lying in a plane with the lower end of the wall 9 and substantially tangent to the wheel 2. The lower face .11 of the guard is arched, and at its juncture with the outer face 9 is rounded off, thereby presenting a smooth round surface free from sharp and cutting edges which would inflict injury.

The outer wall of each guard is provided With a vertical groove extending the length of the wall which forms a reception for the front wall 5 of the bracket and is secured to the latter by means of bolts or the like. This construction renders it possible to adjust the guard any desired height above the track, which will be found very advantageous in attaching the device to various sizes of trucks.

What is claimed is 1. A wheel guard comprising a body provided with a longitudinal groove, inclined front and rear faces, and a curved lower face, the front end of which adjoining the front face of the guard is rounded, and a means fitted in the groove for supporting said guard adjacent to a wheel and rail.

2. A wheel guard provided with front, rear and lower faces, a bracket secured to a truck having parallel arms and adapted to support the guard adjacent to a wheel and ra 3. A wheel guard provided with front, rear and lower faces, a bracket having parallel or arm will lift the same clear of the arms secured to a truck on the outer side of a Wheel, and adapted to support the guard adjacent to a wheel and rail.

4. A wheel guard provided with front, rear and lower faces, a bracket having parallel arms secured to the upper and lower side of the truck on the outer face of a wheel, and adapted to support a guard adjacent to a wheel and rail.

5. A wheel guard provided with inclined front and rear faces, a curved lower face, a bracket having parallel arms secured to the upper and lower sides of the truck on the outer face of the wheel and adapted to support the guard adjacent to a wheel and rail.

6. A Wheel guard provided with inclined front and rear faces, and a curved lower face, the front end of which adjoining the front face of the guard is rounded, a bracket having parallel arms secured to the upper and lower sides of the truck on the outer face of the wheel and adapted to support the guard adjacent to a wheel and rail.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM REES EVANS.

Witnesses:

THos. B. JoNEs, L. W. RAoN. 

